cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-28498

CVE-2020-28498

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-02-02 18:50

Modified

2024-09-17 02:00

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Cryptographic Issues

References

URL	Tags
report@snyk.io	https://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md	Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f	Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836	Patch, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.io	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899	Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	elliptic

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CVE-2020-28498

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

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